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TonyTonyChopper, to science_memes in Baby how cold is it oitside?
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they used to exist like 200 years ago

TonyTonyChopper, to archaeology in I spy with my Cold War satellite eye... nearly 400 Roman forts in the Middle East
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So they fell over? Got blown up? Buried in sand?

TonyTonyChopper, (edited ) to piracy in Piracy is Preservation
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It would be less of a problem. But most of the media I consume is younger than that, and yet it is still at risk of going away at any moment. Nobody wants to even sell digital copies, except for the ones on CD, DVD, etc. Most of the time your only option is a “license” to access it, or a monthly subscription. A couple of years ago I “bought” the new Blade Runner on Google Play. Turns out now you can only watch above 480p on their approved devices. Which does not include my PC, my main device. The same goes for the streaming services, you get shafted on quality if you aren’t using a “smart” tv.

TonyTonyChopper, to historyporn in South African diamond miner being x-rayed at the end of his shift to prevent theft, 1954
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I do wonder whether this was actually an effective way to look for them. Even with modern high resolution x-ray imaging it may be difficult to see the contrast between soft tissues and diamonds since they’re both primarily carbon

https://mander.xyz/pictrs/image/92190d36-edca-4ab8-b9ce-f19cde7f6fa6.jpeg

bones show up well since they’re high in calcium, which has a much higher atomic number. Same with gold.

TonyTonyChopper, to historyporn in South African diamond miner being x-rayed at the end of his shift to prevent theft, 1954
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Sure man. You go stand in the beam with a sack of diamonds up your butt and we’ll watch

TonyTonyChopper, to historyporn in South African diamond miner being x-rayed at the end of his shift to prevent theft, 1954
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same thing with the TSA

TonyTonyChopper, to historyporn in South African diamond miner being x-rayed at the end of his shift to prevent theft, 1954
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X-ray tubes, old and new, use high energy electrons that impact a metal to create the beam. Alpha and beta emission is from radioactive decay which is an entirely different phenomenon. But yes bathing your body in X-rays is bad for you

TonyTonyChopper, to science_memes in cannot unhear
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the English versions of element names are mostly stolen from other languages anyway. Some were isolated before the theory of elements and atoms had been solidified, so they already had names in common use. All of the examples you listed for “ium” elements were only discovered in the last few hundred years

TonyTonyChopper, to science_memes in cannot unhear
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Io-deen

TonyTonyChopper, to science_memes in cannot unhear
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who is that and why does she not like bromine

edit: oh it’s a Jojo reference

TonyTonyChopper, to science_memes in Ascention
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this womps

TonyTonyChopper, to science_memes in cannot unhear
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I think al yu min ium is more correct

TonyTonyChopper, to science_memes in It can be shown that...
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As explained in my prior work

(prior work gives no explanation)

TonyTonyChopper, to piracy in Any trackers that do .stl files?
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My point was that all of the important parts are metal

TonyTonyChopper, to piracy in Any trackers that do .stl files?
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I just learned about this bill for 3D printer background checks. What a joke. Making your own plastic parts in the shape of a gun is not at all the same thing as actually building one from scratch. Yet another case of legislators knowing zero about the actual issues at hand, or purposefully avoiding them

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